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A favorite holiday story is The Polar Express.
Families decorate their homes and buy gifts.
December is holiday time.
People enjoy holiday songs and stories.
WHAT
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_Express
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THE POLAR EXPRESS
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The boy wonders about Santa Claus.
The Polar Express is about believing.
Chris Van Allsburg wrote the story 25 years ago.
Should he believe in Santa ?
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The story is about a boy in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Children wearing pajamas are on the train.
Will Santa visit his home ?
The boy is awake on Christmas Eve.
The boy hears a loud sound: the Polar Express train !
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The boy rides with them to the North Pole, Santa’s home.
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Santa is leaving to bring gifts to the world.
But first, Santa chooses one lucky child.
That lucky child is the boy from Michigan.
That child can choose the year’s first Christmas gift.
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The children see Santa and his elves at the North Pole.
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He knows he believes in Santa now.
Only children who believe in Santa hear the bell.
The boy hears the bell’s beautiful sound.
The boy puts the bell safely in his pocket.
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The boy chooses a silver bell from Santa’s sleigh.
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But the boy gets a surprise on Christmas morning.
The bell falls through a hole in his pocket !
But the bell is not safe.
The Polar Express takes the sad boy home.
Read this great story to learn the surprise.
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Millions of people read the story during the holidays.
Many people love this story, written in 1985.
They watch The Polar Express movie, made in 2004.
Believe, and maybe you will hear holiday bells too !
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Do you believe this is a special time of year ?
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CHRIS VAN ALLSBURG (1949 -)WHO
http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Van_Allsburg
Chris grew up near Grand Rapids, Michigan.
He always loved to draw.
Chris went to college in Michigan and Rhode Island.
He studied art and became a sculptor.
Chris started a sculpture studio in Rhode Island.
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1979
1981In 1981, Chris wrote Jumanji.
In 1979, Chris began to write children’s books.
Chris liked to write stories too.
He also drew beautiful pictures for the books.
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+Both Jumanji and The Polar Express are now movies.
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WHERE
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Rapids,_Michigan* Detroit is the largest city in Michigan.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN
The Polar Express story starts in Grand Rapids.
Grand Rapids is in western Michigan, on the Grand River.
Grand Rapids is the second largest city in Michigan. *
The city is famous for:
a sculpture garden,
art festivals
and furniture.
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WHERE
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Pole
NORTH POLE
The North Pole is at the top of the Earth.
It is in the middle of the Arctic Ocean.
The ocean water is always frozen there.
Temperatures can go to - 45°F in the winter.
Polar bears visit, but do not stay for long !
45°F-
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So Canada gave the North Pole a special zip code.
Many stories say Santa Claus lives at the North Pole.
Why do you think the zip code is H0H 0H0 ? *
* Hint: What does Santa always say ?
It never rises in the winter; the sky is always dark.
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At the North Pole, the summer sun never sets.
H0H 0H0
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NEED Christmas Cocoa
1. Put water, cocoa, honey and cinnamon in pan. Stir.
3 C milk
1/4 C hot water
6 candy canes
2 T powderedcocoa 3 T honey
spoon
1/2 t cinnamon
6 mugs
1/2 t vanilla
4. Stir until warm. DO NOT BOIL!
2. Bring to boil on medium heat.
Drink
Serves 6
6. Drink.
pan
3. Reduce heat to low. Slowly add milk and vanilla.
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5. Pour in each mug. Add a candy cane to each.
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Knock, Knock.
Who’s there ?
Bell.
Bell - O ! Who is calling please ?
- O ?!
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Hello
Bell who ?
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1. WHAT is this paper about ?
4. WHAT is The Polar Express about ?
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2. WHAT do families do at holiday time?
3. WHAT do people enjoy ?
5. WHAT does the boy wonder about ?
National Cookie Day
Boy Scouts Birthday
6. WHERE does the boy put the bell ?
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sudoku pageFill in the grid using the pictures below so that every row, every column and every large box contains the following four items: .
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2. WHAT things do you believe in ? Why ?
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3. HOW do you celebrate the holidays ?
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11. WHAT is one gift you would like ? Why ?
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Tom Hodges is a college basketball coach in Kentucky.
He coaches the Morehead State women’s team.
Tom is in the news.
People are laughing at the coach’s clothes.
Tom dresses in wild suits.
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Tom called the company that made the clothes. **
Tom got the idea from a famous golfer. *
The company said they would dress Tom too.
Tom hopes the clothes will bring good luck.
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* John Daley
One white suit has yellow and black diamonds !
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